71. What is repentance to life?
Repentance to life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sins, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, does with grief and hatred of his sin turn from it to God, with full purpose to strive after new obedience.
 
72. What are the outward means whereby the Holy Spirit communicates to us the benefits of redemption?
The outward and ordinary means whereby the Holy Spirit communicates to us the benefits of Christ's redemption, are the Word, by which souls are begotten to spiritual life; Baptism, the Lord's Supper, Prayer, and Meditation, by all which believers are further edified in their most holy faith.
 
73. How is the Word made effectual to salvation?
The Spirit of God makes the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual means of convicting and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith to salvation.
 
74. How is the Word to be read and heard that it may become effectual to salvation?
That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend to it with diligence, preparation, and prayer, receive it with faith, and love, lay it up into our hearts, and practice it in our lives.
 
75. How do Baptism and the Lord's Supper become spiritually helpful?
Baptism and the Lord's Supper become spiritually helpful, not from any virtue in them, or in him who does administer them, but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of the Spirit in those who by faith receive them.

Let God arise, His enemies be scattered;
And from His presence let His foes take flight.
Drive them like smoke,
Like melted wax;
So let the wicked perish from His sight.

But let the just be joyful in God's presence;
With gladness let the righteous ones rejoice!
Sing unto God,
And praise His name;
To Him who rides through deserts lift your voice.

His name is LORD! Be joyful in His presence.
He is a Father to the fatherless,
A judge who helps,
The widow's cause;
God is within His house of holiness.

God makes a home, a fam'ly for the lonely;
He leads out pris'ners to prosperity.
But in dry lands
Of wilderness,
There the rebellious ones are left to be.

Why do the heathen nations vainly rage?
What prideful schemes are they in vain devising?
The kings of earth and rulers all engage
In evil plots, and in their sin contriving,
They take their stand against our God’s Messiah
They claim they will not keep His binding chains
The one enthroned in highest heaven higher
Mocks them to scorn, on them derision rains.

He speaks to them in righteous, holy wrath
God vexes them and shows His great displeasure
“Yet have I set My King upon the path
That upward winds to Zion, My own treasure.”
“’You are my My Son, today You are begotten,’-
I will declare what God has said to Me-
‘And not one tribe will ever be forgotten.
You will receive the world, just ask of Me.’”

“’The nations come; You are the only Heir,
The ends of earth will be Your own possession
And broken with a rod of iron there,
Rebellious pottery comes to destruction.’”
Now serve the Lord, with fear and gladness trembling,
And therefore, O ye kings, seek wisdom here.
How blessed are those who trust without dissembling,
Who kiss the Son and bow in reverent fear.

The Lord is my light and my salvation

The Lord is my light and my help
Whom should I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life

before whom should I shrink?

There is one thing I ask of the Lord

Numbers 20

I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ,
His only-begotten Son, our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hades.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and sits
at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From there He shall come to judge
the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

My soul is thirsting, my soul is thirsting,
My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God

O God, you are my God whom I seek
O God, you are my God whom I seek
For you my flesh pines, my soul thirsts like the earth
Parched, lifeless, without water

Thus have I gazed toward you in your holy place
To see your power and your glory
Your kindness is a greater good than life itself
My lips will glorify you

Thus will I bless you while I live
Lifting up my hands I will call upon your name
As with a banquet shall my soul be satisfied
With exultant lips my mouth shall praise you

For you have been my help, you have been my help
In the shadow of your wings I shout for joy
My soul clings fast to you; your right hand holds me firm
In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy

O God our help in ages past
Our hope for years to come
Our shelter from the stormy blast
And our eternal home

Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure
Sufficient is Thine arm alone
And our defense is sure

Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received her frame
From everlasting Thou art God
To endless years the same

A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun

Time like an ever rolling stream
Bears all its sons away
They fly forgotten as a dream
Dies at the op'ning day

Our God our help in ages past
Our hope for years to come
Be Thou our guard while troubles last
And our eternal home

All hail the King of Heaven
Christ the Lord of all
Whom thundering angels circle ‘round
Ablaze with awe
Let now the Hallelujah of earth in glad refrain
Ascend the throne To him belongs immortal praise

All hail the king of heaven
Creation join together
Let endless praises crown his name
All hail the king of heaven

All hail the Great Redeemer who so humbly came
The lamb of our salvation O for sinners slain
Let now the loud Hosanna resound from shore to shore
You nations say His kingdom reigns forevermore

Let praise of nations rise
Now as a symphony
To sound the endless wonders of his majesty
Let every heart adore him
The great and small the same
Through generations ever let his anthem ring

Luke 14:16-24

I am the Bread of life.
You who come to me shall not hunger;
and who believe in me shall not thirst.
No one can come to me
unless the Father beckons.

And I will raise you up,
and I will raise you up,
and I will raise you up on the last day.

The bread that I will give
is my flesh for the life of the world,
and if you eat of this bread,
you shall live for ever,
you shall live for ever.

Unless you eat
of the flesh of the Son of Man
and drink of his blood,
and drink of his blood,
you shall not have life within you.

I am the Resurrection,
I am the life.
If you believe in me,
even though you die,
you shall live for ever.

Yes, Lord, I believe
that you are the Christ,
the Son of God,
Who has come
into the world.